Jon in the Daily Fail

_{Monday 24th February 2025}

I saw British Bigfoot: Hunters who believe the beast walks among us – Daily Mail

But for a dedicated band of British Bigfootsearchers, the giant ape-man not only lives – but is to be found in the UK countryside with sightings

Jonathan Downes

Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and a six year old granddaughter called Evelyn.